Programmed January 2021

Directed by Zeinabu Irene Davis

Emerging from the explosion of Black cinematic creativity known as the LA Rebellion, Zeinabu irene Davis combines narrative storytelling and a range of poetic experimental techniques to give voice to African American women’s experiences of love, joy, struggle, and self-realization. Her sublime feature Compensation —one of the most unjustly neglected works of 1990s American independent cinema—incorporates sign language and silent-film techniques as it traces two love stories involving Black deaf characters across generations. It is presented alongside innovative works like Cycles and A Powerful Thang , in which Davis employs animation and Afro-Haitian dance to lyrically portray intimate moments in the lives of Black women. Added on Wednesday, 20 January 2021